Ghana ranks lowest in sanitation report
Ghana ranks lowest in sanitation levels among all lower middle-income countries, although richer than a lot. That’s according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund... read more
Agric Ministry sends chemicals to fight Army worms in Upper West
Government, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture(MOFA) has released over one thousand litres of chemicals to help fight fall armyworms in the Upper West region. The Upper West regional crop... read more
Gov’t is deceiving Ghanaians with galamsey fight-NDC Communicator
A communicator for the National Democratic Congress, says the NPP is only shifting the playing field as far as their fight against illegal mining is concerned. The NPP government led by Nana Addo... read more
Gov’t to pay same price despite drop on World market-COCOBOD CEO
The Chief Executive for the Ghana Cocobod, Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo has disclosed government’s decision to still pay the price cocoa farmers are getting for a tonne of beans they produce. Mr... read more
Agriculture: Budget spread too thin on several things-Prof. Fialor calls for focus
Many of the problems bedeviling Ghana’s Agriculture is due to poor budget prioritization. This is a point shared by Prof. Simon Fialor who lectures at the Faculty of Agriculture-KNUST. He is... read more
We Expect A Bumper Harvest- NSS Director
The Ag. Executive Director of National Service Scheme, Hon. Mustapha Ussif on Thursday met with workers on the Scheme’s Farm at Dahwenya in the Greater Accra Region. The Ag. Executive Director... read more
Food Adulteration: Ghanaians don’t value quality, institutions not working-Prof. Fialor
Agribusiness lecturer, Prof. Simon Fialor has suggested the creation of an authority or the empowering of of the Food and Drugs Authority to monitor food along the entire value chain from the farm to... read more
Planting for food & jobs:Successive gov’ts have failed farmers with their policies-Prof. Fialor
A lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology says people have lost interest in political promises concerning agriculture. He attributes this... read more
Army worm invasion: Food shortage and price hikes expected-Ashanti MOFA Director
There will be a drop in food production in Ghana due to army worm attack. Food prices are also expected to go up. This is according to the Ashanti regional Director of the Ministry of Food and... read more
15 year-old rural JHS pupils go into agribusiness
A group of Junior High School pupils averaging 15 years of age have progressed from being mere farmhands to becoming farm owners earning reasonable returns from their farms. This young lads, from the... read more
Poem on Galamsey: Why we dig
A satirical poem on the menace of Galamsey: “WHY WE DIG” We dig to unfold the gold That big old gold We dig that we may lay hold On a tiny piece of gold We behold the gold We hold the... read more